Your Favorite Champagne Cocktails - With a Twist!
Our newest cider, Bubbly Brut, is perfect for New Year’s Eve and beyond. So very bubbly and dry, it’s effervescent in the style of champagne. This small-batch cider is high in fizz and has zero sugar, giving all of us the reason to celebrate any day of the week.
To celebrate the new year and the release of this new cider, we’ve updated some of our favorite champagne-based cocktails to use Bubbly Brut and really wow at your next cider-bration. For all of these recipes, make sure your Bubbly Brut cider is chilled before incorporating.
French 75
Ingredients:
1 Lemon
1.5 oz Gin (we’re big fans of local distilleries Aria Spirits & Trails Distilling)
.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
.5 oz Simple Syrup
1 cup Ice
2 oz Bubbly Brut
Directions:
1. Wash your lemon.
2. Using a zester or paring knife, slice the peel from the lemon in a long, thin spiral. Set aside.
3. In a cocktail shaker, combine the gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup.
4. Add ice and shake.
5. Strain into a chilled champagne flute and top with Bubbly Brut cider.
6. Garnish with spiraled lemon peel.
Aperol Spritz
Ingredients:
3 oz Aperol
3 oz Bubbly Brut
Ice
Orange (for garnish)
Directions:
1. Fill a wine glass with ice.
2. Add the Aperol and Bubbly Brut cider.
3. Stir to combine.
4. Add a slice of orange for garnish.
Peach Bellini
Ingredients:
2 Peaches, peeled and diced
.5 cup Water
1 tsp Lemon Juice
Pinch of Sugar
Proper Pint of Bubbly Brut
Directions:
In a blender, puree your peaches, water, lemon juice, and sugar until smooth.
In a champagne flute, spoon the peach puree into the glass until a quarter of the way full.
Top with Bubbly Brut.
If you recreate any of these cocktails, make sure to show off your creation on social media, and tag us so we can admire your hard work. Cheers!
Portland Cider Company is committed to making the best cider in the Pacific Northwest - it’s in our roots! Portland Cider Co. was started in 2013 with the mission of bringing together cider rooted in the English tradition with a little Portland personality and culture. Combine those things, and you’ve got the Portland Cider Company.